1. My favourite character and how I FEEEEL about them:
Vin. I just. Yes, he betrayed me horribly and it was terrible and took me months to recover from and I still get twitchy about it. But. Also, you know, all the implications that he pretty much raised himself and the way he's careful of others, wants proof, because he knows how it feels to be unjustly accused, and he can't really sleep inside and he's ashamed that he's illiterate, even though that would have been true of most people at that time, and I just. Idk. He breaks something in me.
2. The character I never expected to love this much:
Mary. Like, I kinda felt like she was going to be the token chick or whatever, and at first she's kind of a hard read, but then she's just so solid and good for all of them and for her town and very, very central in a way that I love.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't:
Huh. I suppose Nettie. Like, she's fun and I enjoy her ep, but I dont have the like CONNECTION that a lot of people seem to have with her.
4. The character I love that no one else does:
Probably Mary, but I sense that's mostly b/c the fandom is a 90s slash fandom, so, kind of inherent in the territory.
5. My absolute most favourite pairing EVER:
Mary/Buck/Chris/Ezra/Vin. I'm not backing down. You NEED Mary and Buck's well-adustedness to handle ANY of the other three, let alone ALL three of them.
6. The immensely popular pairing that I just don't get/like:
Probably the closest I come is Chris/Buck, but that's mostly just b/c I'm not a "best friends" person in general. Like, Spencer/Ryan was the really, truly, weird exception to that rule.
7. The pairing I didn't even think of at first but have been convinced of (and how):
Hm. Maybe Chris/Ezra? Idk, I kind of can imagine all kinds of pairings, but this one only works when done correctly, so.
8. My favourite non-romantic (/non-sexual) pairing/relationship is:
Buck and Ezra
9. The character I am most like is:
Um....hm. Maybe Nathan?
10. The one thing I really really really really wish would happen (or had happened) in canon is:
There had been an episode where Vin gets captured by people who actually ARE in it to turn him in for the bounty, and who kind of rough him up (and by kind of I mean a LOOOOT) and the other guys really band around him.
11. A random AU idea I'd love to see in fic (and plan to write? Wish someone else would write?):
There's this one that I've kicked around forever that will never actually get written, where Mary's a war reporter who is taken prisoner with her husband--they report as a team. She makes it to be given back to the US as part of a deal, but he dies in the prison, and she's pretty fucked up about it.
Chris, meanwhile, lost his wife and child in a retaliatory shooting for someone he put away. (This is possibly ATF-verse?)
Off to the side, Vin is one of these guys who kept re-upping or going out as a private contractor, b/c he didn't know how to live in the civilian world, but then he gets injured and can't go back, and Chris recruits him, despite the fact that everyone is wary, b/c those kinds of guys can be pretty not okay, mentally.
Buck is Chris' friend from the service--they were Rangers before Chris took honorable discharge to get married and have a family. He's now their team liaison, kind of like the JJ?
And Ezra. Ezra is in prison for...something I haven't determined. And Chris goes to get him out on a WC-like deal and he's wary and slippery and damaged and EZRA and it's okay because they all somehow come together and make it work.
12: My personal headcanon includes:
Well, Vin's fanon claustrophobia, for one. And his horrible childhood.
13: My deep, dark fandom secret is:
Not entirely sure I have one in this fandom. Josiah's Christianity kinda freaks me out? And I feel like a crazy person because of it?
And because thirteen could be an unlucky number to end on... 14: I am actually secretly the creator of this fandom! Mwahahaha! And I am about to tell you something shocking/ awesome/ baffling/ behind-the-scenes-ish /unbelievable /spoilery /insert-adjective-of-choice-here:
In the third season, the others totes make shit up to Ezra by buying him back the saloon.
In the third season, the others totes make shit up to Ezra by buying him back the saloon.
GIVE IT TO ME.
also, i approve of your many-ing approach! and of the neal!ezra angle. and allllll the aus and people coming together. and your love for vin is totally you and awesomely sweet ♥
1. My favourite character and how I FEEEEL about them:
Vin. I just. Yes, he betrayed me horribly and it was terrible and took me months to recover from and I still get twitchy about it. But. Also, you know, all the implications that he pretty much raised himself and the way he's careful of others, wants proof, because he knows how it feels to be unjustly accused, and he can't really sleep inside and he's ashamed that he's illiterate, even though that would have been true of most people at that time, and I just. Idk. He breaks something in me.
2. The character I never expected to love this much:
Mary. Like, I kinda felt like she was going to be the token chick or whatever, and at first she's kind of a hard read, but then she's just so solid and good for all of them and for her town and very, very central in a way that I love.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't:
Huh. I suppose Nettie. Like, she's fun and I enjoy her ep, but I dont have the like CONNECTION that a lot of people seem to have with her.
4. The character I love that no one else does:
Probably Mary, but I sense that's mostly b/c the fandom is a 90s slash fandom, so, kind of inherent in the territory.
5. My absolute most favourite pairing EVER:
Mary/Buck/Chris/Ezra/Vin. I'm not backing down. You NEED Mary and Buck's well-adustedness to handle ANY of the other three, let alone ALL three of them.
6. The immensely popular pairing that I just don't get/like:
Probably the closest I come is Chris/Buck, but that's mostly just b/c I'm not a "best friends" person in general. Like, Spencer/Ryan was the really, truly, weird exception to that rule.
7. The pairing I didn't even think of at first but have been convinced of (and how):
Hm. Maybe Chris/Ezra? Idk, I kind of can imagine all kinds of pairings, but this one only works when done correctly, so.
8. My favourite non-romantic (/non-sexual) pairing/relationship is:
Buck and Ezra
9. The character I am most like is:
Um....hm. Maybe Nathan?
10. The one thing I really really really really wish would happen (or had happened) in canon is:
There had been an episode where Vin gets captured by people who actually ARE in it to turn him in for the bounty, and who kind of rough him up (and by kind of I mean a LOOOOT) and the other guys really band around him.
11. A random AU idea I'd love to see in fic (and plan to write? Wish someone else would write?):
There's this one that I've kicked around forever that will never actually get written, where Mary's a war reporter who is taken prisoner with her husband--they report as a team. She makes it to be given back to the US as part of a deal, but he dies in the prison, and she's pretty fucked up about it.
Chris, meanwhile, lost his wife and child in a retaliatory shooting for someone he put away. (This is possibly ATF-verse?)
Off to the side, Vin is one of these guys who kept re-upping or going out as a private contractor, b/c he didn't know how to live in the civilian world, but then he gets injured and can't go back, and Chris recruits him, despite the fact that everyone is wary, b/c those kinds of guys can be pretty not okay, mentally.
Buck is Chris' friend from the service--they were Rangers before Chris took honorable discharge to get married and have a family. He's now their team liaison, kind of like the JJ?
And Ezra. Ezra is in prison for...something I haven't determined. And Chris goes to get him out on a WC-like deal and he's wary and slippery and damaged and EZRA and it's okay because they all somehow come together and make it work.
12: My personal headcanon includes:
Well, Vin's fanon claustrophobia, for one. And his horrible childhood.
13: My deep, dark fandom secret is:
Not entirely sure I have one in this fandom. Josiah's Christianity kinda freaks me out? And I feel like a crazy person because of it?
And because thirteen could be an unlucky number to end on...
14: I am actually secretly the creator of this fandom! Mwahahaha! And I am about to tell you something shocking/ awesome/ baffling/ behind-the-scenes-ish /unbelievable /spoilery /insert-adjective-of-choice-here:
In the third season, the others totes make shit up to Ezra by buying him back the saloon.
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GIVE IT TO ME.
also, i approve of your many-ing approach! and of the neal!ezra angle. and allllll the aus and people coming together. and your love for vin is totally you and awesomely sweet ♥
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I love you so much it hurts.
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